HTML Entity Encoder / Decoder

Encode special characters to HTML entities or decode HTML entities back to characters. Processes automatically as you type.

Text input

Common HTML entities

<<

>>

&&

""

''

(space) 

©©

®®

™™

HTML entities — why encode special characters?

Characters like <, >, &, and quotes have special meaning in HTML. To display them as text, they must be encoded as entities (<, >, &, "). This prevents XSS vulnerabilities and rendering issues.